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Issue: October 15, 2008 (Archive)

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Snapping up London
Mainland and Hong Kong developers are rushing to snap up prime properties in London as growth at home is overshadowed by government curbs.

Lai unfazed by attack
Security at Next Media in Tseung Kwan O has been stepped up after the Kowloon home of its chairman, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, was attacked in the early hours of yesterday.

Security chief ducks queries
Security minister Lai Tung-kwok yesterday refused to disclose whether the Hong Kong government had sought to clarify with Washington the claim by whistle-blower Edward Snowden that the Americans have been hacking computers in the SAR.

Owners reject URA factory offer
The Urban Renewal Authority has abandoned plans to redevelop an industrial building in Kennedy Town into flats after owners turned down its compensation offer.

End of the line for MTR 10-cent levy
The 10 HK cent surcharge per trip that MTR users pay to help cover the bill for platform screen doors and automatic platform gates will be scrapped early next year after being in place for more than a decade.

Call for a 'ycoon tax' to help poor
A new tax on shareholder dividends should be introduced to help narrow the wealth gap, say pressure groups.

Hope brightens for babies with gene disorders
Hong Kong's first screening test for inborn errors of metabolism - a class of genetic disorders of which some are potentially fatal - will be launched by Chinese University.

ESF accepts subvention ax plan
The English Schools Foundation board last night accepted a government plan for the phasing out of its subvention from 2016 over 13 years, with school fees increasing by 23 percent.

Terror for driver as busy road caves in
A freshly repaired part of a road in Tsim Sha Tsui collapsed under the weight of a taxi yesterday, leaving its driver badly shaken but otherwise unhurt.

Pop out
Hong Kong pop fans are being told not to become political pawns and to boycott a concert that clashes with the annual July 1 protest march.

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